The Link 5.15.09: Star Trek’s Power, Carson on TGC, and the Millionaire Tire-Changer

“[J. J. Abrams] is the perfect purveyor of fictions to a generation so easily and instinctively jaded that what it craves, above all, is a storteller who—with or without artistic personality, and regardless of any urge to provoke our thoughts or trouble our easy dreams—will never jade.” Now if that’s not a call to Christians to promote the “non-jading” gospel, tell me what is.

“I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.” Exactly. Young people want rugged, grand, glorious Christianity, Christianity that drives you to do meaningful things with the life that God has given you.

Thanks for the links. I see the word “confessional” used often and have heard Dr. Carson use it on more than one occasion.

Do you know what he means? I take it he doesn’t mean “adhering to the Westminster” confession–or does he? Help a confused brother out!

Thanks, Kyle

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Kyle, good question. I believe he means Christian traditions that root their identity in a historic confession–ala Westminster, London, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, etc. He’s saying, I think, that many confessional Christians want more than just a confession to which we refer on questions about the millenium–we want a confession with legs that hits the ground and takes some ground for the kingdom.